So a company on it's own decides to do the right thing, while no others do, and you want to pressure them into further expense and work to do this in 2 years instead of 5! Thank you whole foods for giving a hoot about you patrons!

i, personally, think this is an excuse for us not to act now on our own.
Go to Your local grocery store, whole foods or not, and turn over any item on the shelf. What You will find quite often is a list of what the product DOES NOT contain. You'll find, No MSGs; No Sugar; No Artificial etc; No Preservatives; and GMO Free.
The pattern here indicates that manufacrurers are aware of the public's concerns, and whenever possible they brag about NOT having the things they know we don't want in...

i, personally, think this is an excuse for us not to act now on our own.
Go to Your local grocery store, whole foods or not, and turn over any item on the shelf. What You will find quite often is a list of what the product DOES NOT contain. You'll find, No MSGs; No Sugar; No Artificial etc; No Preservatives; and GMO Free.
The pattern here indicates that manufacrurers are aware of the public's concerns, and whenever possible they brag about NOT having the things they know we don't want in our food. If an item does not contain GMOs, You can bet that the company will brag about that fact.

We need to do the work ourselves, and stop waiting for someone to save us. If You take the time to read what is already on the labels, through a process of elimination You can figure out which items have GMOs. Then, only buy what is labeled GMO FREE. It's not difficult, people. The information is already in front of us.
IF IT DOES NOT SAY 'GMO FREE', ASSUME THAT IT CONTAINS GMOS.

It seems pretty clear that Monsanto's ultimate goal is to own the patent on every food crop known to man.Animals as well.Then it will be essential to purchase every grocery item from Monsanto in one way or another.It does sound a bit paranoid,doesn't it?Do even a minimal amount of research and you will see that there's plenty of smoke and the odd fire already.